‘Evil Dead’ Remake, ‘Burt Wonderstone’ & More Set To Premiere at SXSW 2013

While the majority of Hollywood will be getting on a plane this week to head to a cold Park City for Sundance Film Festival, the next major US film event, one that occurs at a much warmer location, has revealed its initial line-up. South by Southwest Film Festival — taking place each year in Austin, Texas — will kick off in March and today we have the first batch of titles.

The line-up includes WB’s magician comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey, as well as the upcoming remake of Evil Dead and Joe Swanberg’s latest film Drinking Buddies, which stars Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick and more (see the first look below as well). Also including the US premiere of Harmony Korine‘s Spring Breakers, check out the rundown below.

Downloaded (World Premiere)
Director: Alex Winter

Downloaded is a documentary that explores the rise and fall of Napster and the birth of the digital revolution. It’s about the teens that helped start this revolution, and the artists and industries who continue to be impacted by it.

A guy whose life is falling apart, meets a girl whose life can’t get started. Two people, one chance, a million reasons why not. A story of weirdness and redemption with talking cats, roller-skating beavers and nobody dying.Cast: Nora Tschirner, Rob Knighton, Kellie Shirley, Madeline Duggan, Stirling Gallacher

Five friends, holed up in a remote cabin, discover a Book of the Dead that unwittingly summons up dormant demons which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left to fight for survival.Cast: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore

Good Ol’ Freda (World Premiere)
Director: Ryan White

Good Ol’ Freda tells the story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: the Beatles. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda tells her tales for the first time in 50 years.